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Ranking Score Explained

G'day, thanks for your interest in how we calculate an experience's ranking score. It's at the core of Rankers so I'm pleased you're curious.

The ranking score percentage is used to compare and sort experiences in ranking tables. It is not necessarily a direct measurement of the quality of a particular experience as rated by its customers. I've found it a useful tool to allow me to find the best experiences with confidence. But I've also found it important to read the customer reviews before making any final judgements!

We calculate an experience's ranking score using a multi-factor data model instead of a raw data average (mean). This model takes into account several important questions. For instance - is there a trusted body of reviews? What is the age of a review and is the review from a credible source?

Below you'll find details around some of the important factors that went into calculating the ranking score for AJ Hackett Nevis Bungy.

If you have any questions or comments about our ranking score calculation please get in touch at info@rankers.co.nz. We don't believe this is perfect or complete so we're always interested in ways we might make improvements.

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AJ Hackett Nevis Bungy

Valid Reviews

163 Valid Reviews

The AJ Hackett Nevis Bungy experience has a total of 165 reviews. There are 163 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 2 invalid reviews that are excluded from the calculation. Reviews can be excluded only when a reviewer is not verified or after an investigation by our team determines the reviewer is not genuine.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 163 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 83
51%
9/10 42
26%
8/10 30
18%
7/10 6
4%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 1
1%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 1
1%
1/10 0
0%

91.84% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the AJ Hackett Nevis Bungy valid reviews is 91.84% and is based on 163 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.

Face-to-Face Reviews

147 Face-to-Face Reviews

The Rankers team meets with travellers while they’re in New Zealand and conducts face-to-face surveys. These reviews, in our opinion, are the most trusted in the industry and represent a critical control sample. To our knowledge, we are the only travel review website in the world that has gone to this extent.

More about face-to-face reviews

Within the 163 valid reviews, the experience has 147 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 147 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 76
52%
9/10 37
25%
8/10 27
18%
7/10 6
4%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 1
1%
1/10 0
0%

92.04% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the AJ Hackett Nevis Bungy face-to-face reviews is 92.04% and is based on 147 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

92.59%

Rankers calculates a weighted mean as a base average on which we can improve. Individual review's ratings are given a weight based on several factors. The weight of a review determines the overall impact it'll have on the final weighted average.

Recent reviews have more weight as they are more relevant and reflect the experience as it currently operates. Over time reviews become less relevant and loose their impact on the ranking score.

Low rating reviews carry slightly less weight. This dampens the effect of very low ratings for every experience across the board. This is especially important when the experience has few reviews overall and a single negative rating can grossly mischaracterise an experience. Consistent poor reviews will still result in the experience receiving a comparitively low ranking score.

Credible sources provide reviews that can be trusted. If we have verified a reviewer is genuine via a face-to-face meeting then the review carries additional weight.

Reviewer Rating Age Relative Weight
Lewry 8/10 2867 days 100%
Allain Riepema 10/10 2972 days 95%
Lukas Tremel 10/10 3234 days 77%
Ferdinand Brunner 10/10 3234 days 77%
Eric 10/10 3240 days 76%
Moreno 8/10 3293 days 71%
Sabrina Kulikar 10/10 3293 days 73%
Megan 10/10 3326 days 71%
Hector 10/10 3536 days 56%
Carlos 9/10 3536 days 56%
gnkwvefvjpewyiiu 9/10 3540 days 55%
Sarah Boettcher 8/10 3543 days 55%
Wolfgang Ellenrieder 8/10 3543 days 55%
Patricia 10/10 3545 days 56%
Marla 10/10 3545 days 56%
Lærke Hagelskjær 10/10 3561 days 54%
Ruby Reynolds 9/10 3564 days 54%
Nancy Logan 8/10 3573 days 53%
Tomas Lloyd 10/10 3581 days 53%
Pernilla Therkildsen 10/10 3593 days 52%
Karina Therkildsen 10/10 3593 days 52%
Fero Saarinen 9/10 3611 days 51%
Rachael and Nik 9/10 3613 days 50%
Nicola Wiggan 8/10 3642 days 48%
Dan Wilson 7/10 3645 days 45%
Gracen Verheryden 10/10 3656 days 48%
Katharina Block 10/10 3925 days 29%
Annika Fletemeyer 10/10 3925 days 29%
Shona MacDonald 10/10 4266 days 6%
Iris Anette Berger 10/10 4266 days 6%
Patricia Erni 7/10 4278 days 5%
Manuel Bleiker 8/10 4278 days 5%
Moritz Lepple 10/10 4286 days 5%
Jesper Henriksen 8/10 4295 days 4%
Helen McKevitt 8/10 4306 days 3%
Andrew Magill 8/10 4306 days 3%
Sophie Wolters 7/10 4308 days 3%
Mayan Goddat 8/10 4348 days 0%
Daniel Naveh 10/10 4348 days 0%
Doran Swartz 10/10 4349 days 0%
Stuart Wilson 10/10 4355 days 0%
Marla Fogh 10/10 4648 days 33%
Jitka Krejcova 9/10 4651 days 33%
Michal Sturma 10/10 4651 days 33%
Kletter 9/10 4657 days 33%
Postel Ge 10/10 4657 days 33%
Katey Justice 8/10 4660 days 33%
Douglas Walker 8/10 4660 days 33%
Evelina Johansson 10/10 4664 days 33%
Sofia Anderson 10/10 4664 days 33%
Eric 8/10 4670 days 33%
Rogier Ramaker 9/10 4670 days 33%
Melvin Groenhof 10/10 4670 days 33%
Maja Bogdanowicz 10/10 4672 days 33%
Jonas Schelbert 8/10 4673 days 33%
Harry Findeis 9/10 4674 days 33%
Patrick O'Connell 10/10 4675 days 33%
Laura vanGool 8/10 5015 days 33%
Emma Bagguley 10/10 5037 days 33%
Robert & Bridget Holden 10/10 5039 days 33%
Erik Poirer 10/10 5044 days 33%
Rikke & Trine Bundgaard 8/10 5044 days 33%
Helen Chilton 10/10 5047 days 33%
Maximilian Heller 10/10 5051 days 33%
Andreas Kristiansen 9/10 5053 days 33%
Chris Marsh 9/10 5056 days 33%
Jessica Lane 9/10 5056 days 33%
Johan 7/10 5057 days 31%
Roberto Hallblom 7/10 5057 days 31%
Therese 8/10 5057 days 33%
karen_c 10/10 5304 days 33%
Sam papworth 10/10 5364 days 33%
Eva Chapron 10/10 5364 days 33%
Danny Connor 10/10 5364 days 33%
Josephine Hartley 10/10 5364 days 33%
Sean Brownell 9/10 5365 days 33%
Erin 10/10 5387 days 33%
Fabrizio Consolini 8/10 5387 days 33%
Jim Coffin 9/10 5394 days 33%
Sofie Dubillot 10/10 5399 days 33%
Paap 9/10 5401 days 33%
Wouter Jansen 10/10 5401 days 33%
Charlie 10/10 5410 days 33%
Jol Balder 9/10 5412 days 33%
Nick Secker 9/10 5414 days 33%
Ruben and Jetske 8/10 5414 days 33%
Doris Schollenberger 10/10 5414 days 33%
Amanda Craig 9/10 5418 days 33%
Claus Olsen 10/10 5419 days 33%
Lukis Haertel 9/10 5421 days 33%
Wallet 9/10 5423 days 33%
Theta 9/10 5730 days 33%
Jesper Sch 9/10 5743 days 33%
Inbar Yizhar Barnea 8/10 5749 days 33%
sasssy 9/10 5761 days 33%
Yasmin Abrahams 9/10 5763 days 33%
Rob 10/10 5763 days 33%
Huber 10/10 5783 days 33%
Chance McGuire 10/10 5789 days 33%
Irene Bech Ottesen 10/10 5789 days 33%
bobtravels 9/10 5789 days 33%
marcoswi 10/10 5795 days 33%
Samantha Williams 10/10 5912 days 33%
Adi 10/10 6095 days 33%
Paul 9/10 6098 days 33%
Enno Brehm 8/10 6107 days 33%
Jeremy652 8/10 6123 days 33%
niall stephenson 10/10 6130 days 33%
RobC1 10/10 6130 days 33%
RichardB1 10/10 6130 days 33%
JoT 10/10 6130 days 33%
RobH 10/10 6131 days 33%
frisbeego 9/10 6202 days 33%
Con 9/10 6213 days 33%
jack 9/10 6217 days 33%
Rowan 10/10 6240 days 33%
Peter 10/10 6270 days 33%
David 9/10 6272 days 33%
Katie 10/10 6291 days 33%
Christoffer 10/10 6293 days 33%
Jennie 10/10 6301 days 33%
Courtney 10/10 6301 days 33%
Zoe Summers 10/10 6307 days 33%
Martha 9/10 6310 days 33%
Marie 10/10 6313 days 33%
Simon 2/10 6327 days 14%
Leeanne Holland 9/10 6349 days 33%
Gorka Rojas 10/10 6368 days 33%
Sjoerd 9/10 6370 days 33%
Charlie Bond 10/10 6377 days 33%
Mike Dudey 9/10 6377 days 33%
Rachel 9/10 6461 days 33%
Ben 10/10 6466 days 33%
Tom Ben 10/10 6466 days 33%
Alex and Thomas 8/10 6472 days 33%
Anthony 8/10 6475 days 33%
Omer Harron 9/10 6475 days 33%
Richard Anthony 9/10 6482 days 33%
Neil 10/10 6486 days 33%
Omri Hasson 10/10 6492 days 33%
Nick 10/10 6509 days 33%
Matt Walker 8/10 6509 days 33%
Marc Hertogs 8/10 6511 days 33%
paulonline 10/10 6513 days 33%
Swen Schroder 10/10 6535 days 33%
Tim 10/10 6535 days 33%
Kirsty Ranger 8/10 6655 days 33%
Ian Coldrake 10/10 6662 days 33%
Agnes 10/10 6801 days 33%
Billie 10/10 6807 days 33%
Michael 9/10 6813 days 33%
Michael 9/10 6818 days 33%
Andreas 8/10 6821 days 33%
Paul Yacoumis 10/10 6823 days 33%
Cat 8/10 6825 days 33%
IdanNakash 10/10 6831 days 33%
Martin Christina 10/10 6831 days 33%
sebastian 9/10 6846 days 33%
AndrewEwen 10/10 6850 days 33%
Kenneth 7/10 6851 days 31%
Andrew 9/10 6851 days 33%
MarcHarris 9/10 6851 days 33%
Traveller Girl 5/10 8377 days 25%

Adjustments

Several adjustments to the weighted average are added to improve relevancy and credibility. These adjustments apply equally to all experiences that meet the criteria.

Sample Size Adjustment

No Adjustment

A reasonable number of reviews are necessary in order for the average to be credible and for an experience to take a prime position within the ranking tables. As such, experiences with only a few reviews have a moderated score. This does not mean that the experience or the reviews can't be trusted. The AJ Hackett Nevis Bungy experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-4.07% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 42 days. However the AJ Hackett Nevis Bungy experience does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

In addition, an experience's ranking score may be adjusted for each day there is no new ranking. After 1 day the adjustment comes into effect. The maximum number of days that can be adjusted for is 200 days. Due to the seasonal nature of many businesses, this adjustment is applied dynamically throughout the year.

The AJ Hackett Nevis Bungy experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
… …
197 -4.01%
198 -4.03%
199 -4.05%
200 -4.07%
201 -4.09%
202 -4.11%
203 -4.13%
… …

Balancing Adjustment

1.21% Adjustment

Every experience's review score is adjusted to balance out the disproportional number of negative reviews that are contributed.

You won't be surprised to learn that disgruntled customers are more likely to leave a review than happy ones. They are motivated to share their experience and warn others. We consider this a good thing and it's why reading the reviews is important. However we've learned it can misrepresent the experience in a more overall sense.

We apply a balancing adjustment to counteract this effect and ensure the ranking score is a more fair representation of the experience. This adjustment is applied equally to all experiences.

Final Ranking Score

90%

The final ranking score once any adjustments, ratings, and rounding has been applied. This value is recalculated each day and a short rolling average is applied. Therefore it may not be precisely accurate based on the other values presented.